styliten.

Brit.

/ˈstʌɪlʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈstaɪˌlaɪt/

Forms: Also in Greek form stylites

/staɪˈlaɪtiːz/.

Etymology: < Ecclesiastical Greek στῡλίτης, < στῦλος pillar: see -ite suffix¹.

Church History.

An ascetic who lived on the top of a pillar. Also attributive or as adj.

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pillar-percher1791

aerialist1846

α.

a1638 J. Mede Apostasy Latter Times (1641) 150 Peter à Metra, a famous Stylite, or Pillar-Monk.

1753 R. Clayton Jrnl. from Cairo to Sinai 16 The second [chapel is] of St. Simon the Stylite.

1831 K. H. Digby Mores Catholici (1845) I. ii. ii. 114 St. Gregory, of Tours, relates his conversation with the monk Wulflaïch, who had lived the life of a Stylite in the diocese of Trèves.

1877 W. Smith & H. Wace Dict. Christian Biogr. I. 14/2 In conjunction with a Stylite monk, Daniel, he placed himself at the head of the opposition to the Emperor Basiliscus.

1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 2256 Stylites are mentioned as far down as the twelfth century.

1905 Daily Chron. 5 Jan. 4/6 Many as are the various eccentric sects that have appeared in America..no one seems to have thought of reviving the Stylite mode of life.

β. 1776 R. Chandler Trav. Greece lxii. 250 At Patræ was one of the living statues, then not infrequent; a madman standing on a column. To this Stylites did Luke minister for ten years.1867 E. F. Bowden tr. Countess Hahn-Hahn Lives Fathers of Desert 369 Another renowned Stylites was Simeon the younger, who died in 596, after he had stood for sixty-eight years upon columns.

Derivatives

stylitic adj.

/staɪˈlɪtɪk/ pertaining to or characteristic of the Stylites.

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1839 D. D. Black Hist. Brechin x. 268 These anchorites were called Stelites, from their living on pillars... The Styletic [sic] system began in the east in the year 460.

1882 H. C. Merivale Faucit of Balliol II. ii. v. 207 Your little tirade just now was a disguised farewell to the stylitic life, and to roots and water. You are tired of misanthropy as a profession.

stylitism n.

/ˈstaɪlɪtɪz(ə)m/ the mode of life or the ascetic principles of the Stylites.

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1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. xv. 312 Stylitisms, eremite fanaticisms and fakeerisms.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stylite
释义	styliten. Brit. /ˈstʌɪlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈstaɪˌlaɪt/ Forms: Also in Greek form stylites /staɪˈlaɪtiːz/. Etymology: < Ecclesiastical Greek στῡλίτης, < στῦλος pillar: see -ite suffix¹. Church History. An ascetic who lived on the top of a pillar. Also attributive or as adj. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > anchorite > [noun] > stylite pillarista1638 pillar-monka1638 stylitea1638 pillar-percher1791 aerialist1846 α. a1638 J. Mede Apostasy Latter Times (1641) 150 Peter à Metra, a famous Stylite, or Pillar-Monk. 1753 R. Clayton Jrnl. from Cairo to Sinai 16 The second [chapel is] of St. Simon the Stylite. 1831 K. H. Digby Mores Catholici (1845) I. ii. ii. 114 St. Gregory, of Tours, relates his conversation with the monk Wulflaïch, who had lived the life of a Stylite in the diocese of Trèves. 1877 W. Smith & H. Wace Dict. Christian Biogr. I. 14/2 In conjunction with a Stylite monk, Daniel, he placed himself at the head of the opposition to the Emperor Basiliscus. 1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 2256 Stylites are mentioned as far down as the twelfth century. 1905 Daily Chron. 5 Jan. 4/6 Many as are the various eccentric sects that have appeared in America..no one seems to have thought of reviving the Stylite mode of life. β. 1776 R. Chandler Trav. Greece lxii. 250 At Patræ was one of the living statues, then not infrequent; a madman standing on a column. To this Stylites did Luke minister for ten years.1867 E. F. Bowden tr. Countess Hahn-Hahn Lives Fathers of Desert 369 Another renowned Stylites was Simeon the younger, who died in 596, after he had stood for sixty-eight years upon columns. Derivatives stylitic adj. /staɪˈlɪtɪk/ pertaining to or characteristic of the Stylites. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > anchorite > [adjective] > stylite stylitic1839 1839 D. D. Black Hist. Brechin x. 268 These anchorites were called Stelites, from their living on pillars... The Styletic [sic] system began in the east in the year 460. 1882 H. C. Merivale Faucit of Balliol II. ii. v. 207 Your little tirade just now was a disguised farewell to the stylitic life, and to roots and water. You are tired of misanthropy as a profession. stylitism n. /ˈstaɪlɪtɪz(ə)m/ the mode of life or the ascetic principles of the Stylites. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > anchorite > [noun] > stylite > life or principles of stylitism1843 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. xv. 312 Stylitisms, eremite fanaticisms and fakeerisms. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1638
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